You had me until you made the highlighted portion. Maybe as an alternative, for once they could've written Storm's character... um... well?

For some reason people feel that Storm doesn't deserve to be important to the story or written well. A special effects shot and a few lines. Storm is more than that and she deserves to be shown as close as possible to her comic book counterpart. It isn't like making Storm a leader goes against the comic. She has led the team many times.

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